Julia Cameron Quotes - Page 7

Quotes about:

• Creativity is the life force that Dylan Thomas called 'the force that through the green fuse drives the flower.

  Julia Cameron

  Flower, Creativity, Green

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.19, Penguin

  7 Copy quote

• Any little bit of experimenting in self-nurturance is very frightening for most of us.

  Julia Cameron

  Self, Littles, Frightening

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.77, Souvenir Press

  7 Copy quote

• We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don't.

  Julia Cameron

  Writing, Ideas, Needs

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Jul 15, 2013

  6 Copy quote

• People frequently believe the creative life is grounded in fantasy. The more difficult truth is that creativity is grounded in reality, in the particular, the focused, the well observed or specifically imagined.

  Julia Cameron

  Believe, Creativity, Reality

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.114, Souvenir Press

  7 Copy quote

• Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse.

  Julia Cameron

  Artist, Judging, Effort

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.50, Souvenir Press

  7 Copy quote

• When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter.

  Julia Cameron

  Inspiration, Way, Clutter

  8 Copy quote

• When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature. All of us love. All of us do it more and more perfectly. The past has brought us both ashes and diamonds. In the present we find the flowers of what we've planted and the seeds of what we are becoming. I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.

  Julia Cameron

  Life, Flower, Heart

  "Blessings". Book by Julia Cameron, 1998.

  4 Copy quote

• Stop telling yourself that dreams don't matter, that they are only dreams and that you should be more sensible.

  Julia Cameron

  Dream, Inspiration, Matter

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.24, Souvenir Press

  10 Copy quote

• The doing of something productive regardless of the outcome is an act of faith. The doing of a small something when a large something is too much for us is perhaps especially an act of faith. Faith means going forward by whatever means we can.

  Julia Cameron

  Mean, Outcomes, Too Much

  Julia Cameron (2009). “Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance”, p.75, Penguin

  6 Copy quote

• By listening to the creator within, we are led to our right path.

  Julia Cameron

  Listening, Path, Creator

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.127, Souvenir Press

  4 Copy quote

• Don't try to 'fix' the child's boredom - rather, let the child find his or her inner resources.

  Julia Cameron

  Children, Boredom, Trying

  6 Copy quote

• Creativity is a fact of your spiritual body

  Julia Cameron

  Spiritual, Creativity, Body

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.11, Souvenir Press

  7 Copy quote

• Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude can impact faith. For that matter, so can a bout of hunger or overwork, anything carried to an extreme. Faith thrives on routine. Look at any monastery and you will see that. Faith keeps on keeping on.

  Julia Cameron

  Impact, Solitude, Routine

  Julia Cameron (2009). “Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance”, p.73, Penguin

  9 Copy quote

• As artists, we must learn to be self-nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them.

  Julia Cameron

  Art, Self, Creative

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.40, Souvenir Press

  7 Copy quote

• As an experienced artist, I carry my work like a secret pregnancy. I am always aware of inner life and the need to protect it.

  Julia Cameron

  Art, Pregnancy, Secret

  6 Copy quote

• Pray to catch the bus, then run as fast as you can.

  Julia Cameron

  Running, Prayer, Praying

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.127, Souvenir Press

  9 Copy quote

• Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite - getting something down.

  Julia Cameron

  Life, Beautiful, Art

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Jun 13, 2012

  9 Copy quote

• We should write, above all, because we are writers, whether we call ourselves that or not.

  Julia Cameron

  Writing, Should

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Jun 17, 2016

  6 Copy quote

• It hurts like hell when the world won't invest in you. But it's excruciating, almost more than you can bear, when you don't believe and invest in yourself.

  Julia Cameron

  Hurt, Believe, World

  6 Copy quote

• Rather than being taught to ask ourselves who we are, we are schooled to ask others. We are, in effect, trained to listen to others’ versions of ourselves.

  Julia Cameron

  Who We Are, Taught, Schooled

  Julia Cameron (2013). “The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart”, p.26, Souvenir Press

  4 Copy quote

• My heart holds the world in tender awe.

  Julia Cameron

  Heart, World, My Heart

  Julia Cameron (1998). “Blessings”, p.15, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

• It's impossible to get better and look good at the same time.

  Julia Cameron

  Get Better, Looks, Impossible

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.56, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

• I learned, when hit by loss, to ask the right question: "What next?" instead of "Why me?" . . . Whenever I am willing to ask "What is necessary next?" I have moved ahead. Whenever I have taken no for a final answer I have stalled and gotten stuck.

  Julia Cameron

  Taken, Loss, Finals

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.179, Penguin

  12 Copy quote

• Choice by choice, moment by moment, I build the necklace of my day, stringing together the choices that form artful living.

  Julia Cameron

  Choices, Together, Necklaces

  Julia Cameron (1999). “Transitions”, p.91, Penguin

  9 Copy quote

• Doing work points the way to new and better work to be done.

  Julia Cameron

  Excellence, Done, Way

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.185, Souvenir Press

  7 Copy quote

Page 7 of 12

First

← Prev

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin